PASADENA, California — Three observations from Ohio State football’s 48-45 victory over Utah in the Rose Bowl on Saturday. 1. Demario McCall had seen this before — an Ohio State football team on the brink, searching for answers, struggling to find them. He had also seen the way out. Sometimes, before someone could make a play, someone else needed to challenge them to do it. So when the Buckeyes gathered in their Rose Bowl locker room, down 35-21 to Utah at halftime, McCall stepped up with the voice of a sixth-year senior. “Demario McCall — you guys weren’t in there, but hats off to that dude,” tight end-turned-linebacker Cade Stover said. “One of the most respected guys in that locker room for what he’s done. “He got up in front of us and it was that ‘toughness was a mindset.’ We went out there and strapped in, buckled in, and…
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